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J. 0. WHITENACK. WALL.

No. 600,392. Patented Mar. -8, 1898.

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Ni'rn STATES JOHN ODELL WHITENACK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WALL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,392, dated March 8,1898. Application filed September 22, 1897. Serial No. 652,530. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN ODELL WHITE- NACK, of New York city, in thecounty and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved iVall, ofi which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention is an improvement in the art of building fireproofstructures, the invention consisting in certain framing for holdingfireproof blocks composing the walls or partitions of the building.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of my invention, whilethe claims define the actual scope of the invention.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is an elevation of my invention with a part in section. Fig. 2is a horizontal section. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of one of theI-beams, and Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the corners of theZ-beam.

In constructing the wall or partition I provide a series of compositeblocks a, arranged in horizontal tiers, the bottom tier being rested inchannel-irons b, laid 011 the floor 0. The remaining tiers arerespectively supported on horizontal l beams d, each composed of twochannel-irons laid back to back and bolted If it be desired, the I-beamsmay be strengthened by wrought-iron plates d, as illustrated in Fig. 3.The edges of the blocks a next to a vertical surface, such as thesurface indicated at e in the drawings, are laid in a verticalchannel-iron f, similar to the channel-iron b. The upper edges of theblocks next to the ceiling are laid in a channel-iron g, also similar tothe channel-iron b.

The meeting edges of two of the walls which form a corner are engaged bya vertically-extending Z-beam h, the web of which runs perpendicular tothe flanges, so that the corner is a right-angle one. If the corner bean obtuse or acute angle, the Zbeam may be shaped accordingly. Thecorner is also flanked by a vertically-extending L-beam 1'.

Doors are constructed by running vertically-extending face-plates alongthe side edges of the door-openings, and in closing said plates, as wellas the edges of the blocks, by side channel-irons Z. The top of thedooropening is provided with a channel-iron m, running horizontallybetween the channelirons Z. The face-plates it extend upwardly to theceiling 'g, as shown in Fig. 1, said faceplates running betweencontiguous blocks a. Tie-rods n are extended through the wall atsuitable points. These rods may be either fastened to the surface 6 orthey maybe provided with heads and nuts which engage with parts of thewall.

I do not limit myself to the material employed in constructing thisinvention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A wall having separable blocks, I-beams runninghorizontally between the horizontal rows of blocks, a Z-beam engagingcontiguous edges of the blocks, and an L-beam flanking the saidcontiguous edges.

2. A wall having two parts with meeting edges, a Z-beam engaging saidedges, and an L-beam flanking the said edges, the Z-beam extendingbetween the edges and the L-beam and engaging the outersides of the saidparts.

3. An I-beam formed of two channel-irons, the webs of which are securedtogether face to face, and wrought-iron plates engaging the webs tostrengthen the same.

4. A wall having separable blocks, a facing-plate extending along oneedge of the Wall, and a channel-iron secured to said facingplate andinclosing the same and also inclosing the contiguous portion of thewall.

JOHN ODELL WHITENAOK.

\Vitnesses:

ISAAC B. OWENS, J NO. M. BITTER.

